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21 So they went up and spied out the land from the wilderness of Zin to Rehob, near the entrance of Hamath.
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21 So they went up and explored the land from the Desert of Zin as far as Rehob, toward Lebo Hamath.
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22 They went up into the Negeb, and came to Hebron; and Ahi'man, She'shai, and Talmai, the descendants of Anak, were there. (Hebron was built seven years before Zo'an in Egypt.)
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22 They went up through the Negev and came to Hebron, where Ahiman, Sheshai and Talmai, the descendants of Anak, lived. (Hebron had been built seven years before Zoan in Egypt.)
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23 And they came to the Valley of Eshcol, and cut down from there a branch with a single cluster of grapes, and they carried it on a pole between two of them; they brought also some pomegranates and figs.
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23 When they reached the Valley of Eshcol, they cut off a branch bearing a single cluster of grapes. Two of them carried it on a pole between them, along with some pomegranates and figs.
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24 That place was called the Valley of Eshcol, because of the cluster which the men of Israel cut down from there.
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24 That place was called the Valley of Eshcol because of the cluster of grapes the Israelites cut off there.
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25 At the end of forty days they returned from spying out the land.
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25 At the end of forty days they returned from exploring the land.
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26 And they came to Moses and Aaron and to all the congregation of the people of Israel in the wilderness of Paran, at Kadesh; they brought back word to them and to all the congregation, and showed them the fruit of the land.
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26 They came back to Moses and Aaron and the whole Israelite community at Kadesh in the Desert of Paran. There they reported to them and to the whole assembly and showed them the fruit of the land.
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27 And they told him, "We came to the land to which you sent us; it flows with milk and honey, and this is its fruit.
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27 They gave Moses this account: "We went into the land to which you sent us, and it does flow with milk and honey! Here is its fruit.
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28 Yet the people who dwell in the land are strong, and the cities are fortified and very large; and besides, we saw the descendants of Anak there.
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28 But the people who live there are powerful, and the cities are fortified and very large. We even saw descendants of Anak there.
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29 The Amal'ekites dwell in the land of the Negeb; the Hittites, the Jeb'usites, and the Amorites dwell in the hill country; and the Canaanites dwell by the sea, and along the Jordan."
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29 The Amalekites live in the Negev; the Hittites, Jebusites and Amorites live in the hill country; and the Canaanites live near the sea and along the Jordan."
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30 But Caleb quieted the people before Moses, and said, "Let us go up at once, and occupy it; for we are well able to overcome it."
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30 Then Caleb silenced the people before Moses and said, "We should go up and take possession of the land, for we can certainly do it."
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